Atari
Atari
Atari 520 ST manual
Model Atari 520/1040 STE Series
Motherboard STE
• Processor Motorola MC68000 16/32 Bit 8MHz
• Memory 512KB RAM (520STe)
• 1MB RAM (1040STe) Expandable to 4MB using SIMM memory
Operating System
• (U.S. Versions) TOS 1.06, 1.60 or 1.62
(Plug in Upgradeable to TOS 2.06) In ROM
• GUI GEM (Graphical Environment Manager) by Digital Research Inc.
• Disk Drives 720KB 3.5" Internal
• Various Hard Drives External
• Interfaces Cartridge port 40-pin
• (2) Extended (analog) Joystick ports 15-pin
• Mouse port 9-pin D-Type
• RS232C Serial port 25-pin, 19.2 kbps
• Parallel port 25-pin
• MIDI in, MIDI out/thru
• External floppy port
• DMA/ACSI port 19-pin
• Monitor port ST mono, ST color
• Stereo RCA jacks Audio Out
• Sound Yamaha YM2149 Programmable Sound Generator 8-bit Digital Stereo DAC
• Graphics 4096 Extended color pallette
• BLiTTER chip for faster graphics Hardware assisted horizontal/vertical fine scrolling
• Keyboard 94 keys (84 + 10 function keys)
• Function Keys F1 - F10
• Case style One-piece with integrated keyboard, internal FDD
• Released 1990
My old accelerated STE.
I once bought an accelerator for my STE called T28. There also exist a T36 accelerator.
28Mhz vs 36 Mhz.
As I remember I had to lift off the CPU and place this new board into the socket,
solder some cables and also a speed-switch and cache-switch so I can go down to 8Mhz
with full compability mode.
With cache turned off it was not much faster than 8Mhz mode even run in 28Mhz, but with it on, oh hell,
that's fast.
The only sad thing is that Midex+ from Steinberg was not compatible with it, first note was played when
it hangs, not the computer but the MIDI out.
I sold this 4MB STE with T28 + 1.44MB 3.5" and 250MB harddisk when I bought my first Falcon030
with...some accelerator and a lot of extra stuff.
I once bought another STE to be able to run all those old midi-editors and stuff.
This one is equipped with 4Mb RAM, and old SM124 (nowdays an adapter from 14-pol DIN to VGA) and Satan disk (1Gb SecureDigital disk) Satan disk picture.
Model Atari Falcon-030 Series
• Processor Motorola MC68030 32 Bit 16MHz
• Co-Processor Optional Motorola MC68882 math co-processor
• Digital Signal Processor Motorola DSP56001 32MHz, 92KK DSP RAM
• Memory 2, 4, or 14MB RAM Expandable to 14MB using SIMM memory
Operating System
• (U.S. Versions) MultiTOS 4.01 (Plug in Upgradeable to MultiTOS 4.04) In ROM (44 pin PLCC)
• GUI GEM with NewDesk and eXtensible control panel Pre-emptive multitasking w/adaptive prioritization, inter-process communication
• Disk Drives 1.44MB 3.5" Internal
• Various Hard Drives Optional IDE internal, or optional SCSI2 external
• Interfaces Cartridge port 40-pin
• (2) Extended (analog) Joystick ports 15-pin
• (2) Mouse/secondary joystick ports 9-pin D-Type
• RS232C Serial port 230 kbps
• Bi-directional parallel port 25-pin
• High-Speed LocalTalk LAN port
• MIDI in, MIDI out/thru
• External SCSI2 port w/DMA
• Internal IDE port
• Internal Processor Direct slot For 386SX PC (provides hardware emulation), or other co-processor
• VGA/Composite Video/ST Monitor port Input for external video sync signal to allow for high quality GENLOCKing
• Stereo Mic input 16-bit stereo digital DMA input
• DMA audio output 16-bit stereo DSP port
• Sound 16-bit stereo, up to 50kHz sampling rate (8) 16-bit audio DMA record and playback channels
• Graphics 262,144 Extended color pallette (capable of displaying 16-bit true color)
• BLiTTER chip for faster graphics Hardware assisted horizontal/vertical fine scrolling
• Overlay mode for easy video titling and special effects
• Keyboard 94 keys (84 + 10 function keys)
• Function Keys F1 - F10
• Case style One-piece with integrated keyboard, built-in FDD, optional internal IDE HDD
• Released 1993
Atari Falcon-030
My old Atari Falcon-030 in bigtower
My old Atari Falcon-030 in bigtower back1
My old Atari Falcon-030 in bigtower back2
HARDWARE:
• Big Tower-låda
• PC-keyboard
• Wireless + original mouse
• Switch mouse/joy (mouse/joy1 and joy2)
• VGA adapter
• Victor 14" S-VGA
• Sound fix (line level, by Copson Data (Atari service))
• 14Mb RAM (72-pins 16Mb module)
• T-36 Accelerator (16/18/32/36 Mhz with 16 or 18 as bus-speed)
• Math co-processor, Motorola 68882
• Toshiba SCSI cd-rom 3,4X
• Quantum E-IDE 2.5Gb
• Syquest EZ-135 Removeable diskdrive incl 5 discs
• Conner SCSI-2 HD (Audio/Video drive) 1Gb (2 of them)
• HP 2GB SCSI-2
• Yamaha CDR102 (cd-burner)
• 1,44 diskdrive
• BlowUp Hard-II (grafik enhancer) 744x524 in 256 colors 75Hz.
Original pixelclock is max 32Mhz, Blow-up at 50Mhz.
• SCSI2 to SCSI1 (centronics)(SCSI2 out Falcon and in again)
• SPD/IF (Soundpool digital interface, both optical and coax in/outputs)
• JAM out Pro 8 (19" rack with 8 analogue outputs from Cubase Audio)
SOFTWARE (original with manuals):
• Cubase Audio 2.06 original (dongle + external clockning + manuals)
• Works original
• Speedo-GDOS (fonts)
• Calamus 1.09 (dtp)
• Diamond edge (defrag)
• NVDI (grafic-speeder)
• Everest (text editor)
• Stoop (bootmanager)
• Neodesk4 (desktop)
• Zero-X, with key V.1.55 SCSI.
For a while also owned an Atari Mega ST4...
and recently a C-Lab Falcon-030 MK-X.
• BlowUp FX-Board 40Mhz accelerator with 10Mb fastRAM.
• This also contains BlowUp3 screen enhancer.
• External Mega-ST keyboard and original mouse.
• Adapter for VGA-monitor and built in 13Gb IDE harddrive.
C-Lab Falcon-030 MK-X
C-Lab Falcon-030 MK-X Up
C-Lab Falcon-030 MK-X Back1
C-Lab Falcon-030 MK-X Back2
C-Lab Falcon-030 MK-X Back3
C-Lab Falcon-030 MK-X Back4
C-Lab Falcon-030 MK-X inside
Atari SD-Flash:
SatanDisk by Jookie - SD-flash of 1Gb to Atari ST/STE
Satan disk homepage
Satan disk pic
In the box:
a) interface Satandisk
b) power 9V
c) cable IDC_20 - DB19
d) flash SD Kingston 1GB
e) an DVD with lots of prg/games.
ACSI2STM:
Space for up to 3 SD-cards
Atari ST ACSI Hard Drive Emulator
Pic 1
Pic 2
VGA-adapter:
Build-1: Adapter
Build-2: Adapter-2
Summary in english:
In 1991 I bought my first Atari 1040STE which I soon upgraded to 4MB.
I also found Cubase 2 and now my musical career took part with some synthesizers and drummachines.
Later I also bought Steinberg Midex+ and a SupraDrive 52mb external SCSI harddrive.
At first it didn't work because my STE was in the range with a faulty DMA chip.
Back then Atari still existed and they fix it for free and after I got it back it worked great.
So quiet and fast. I could start Cubase and turn off the harddrive, if I want to save I just
turn the harddrive on and off again.
Wonderful.
Later I upgraded the harddrive to 120Mb and also an accelerator called T28 there I pop out the old
68000 CPU for a faster one, new clock of 28MHz and a cache.
I added a switch at the back for full compatibility at 8MHz.
The STE was fast as hell now, boot & started Cubase within 2 seconds and I also bought Calamus för DTP.
I later also upgraded to 1.44MB 3.5" FDD and 250MB HDD.
Now suddenly the Atari Falcon was introduced. I bought it new and I want some extras.
PC big tower case with PC keyboard with optical mouse.
Fix to line level of in/out.
Accelerator T36 (switchable between 16/18/32/36Mhz)
14MB RAM
MC68882 math co-processor
VGA adapter with BlowUp Hard-II (744x524 in 256 colours at 75Hz)
Toshiba SCSI-CD
Quantum IDE 2.5GB
Syquest EZ-135 with several disks
SCSI Conner HDD 1GB (2 of them)
HP SCSI 2GB
Yamaha CDR102 (CD-recorder)
SPD/IF (Soundpool digital interface)
JAM out Pro 8
Software - original:
Cubase Audio 2.06 (key with external clocking)
Works for Atari
Speedo-GDOS (fonts)
Calamus 1.09 (dtp)
Diamond edge (defrag)
NVDI (graphic-speeder)
Everest (text editor)
Stoop (bootmanager)
Neodesk4 (desktop)
Zero-X
I also had Atari Mega ST4 for a while and a C-Lab Falcon-030 MK-X.
Some pictures.
Atari overview
Atari-Satandisk 1
Atari-Satandisk 2
Atari-Monitor adapter
Falcon-030 big tower
Falcon-030 rear
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